Edit: if you are getting a mortgage, try not to close them yet. Old accounts do make a difference sometimes and the bank will be able to see where you started and where you are now

O...will it matter how low the card limit is? Does even having it make some lenders cautious? Ik it sounds silly but i keep thinking that when i app they see merrick and orchard and it some how bias their decision to approve or at what limits :-()

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CruzImperial wrote:
Since those are very tiny limits and your other cards are huge, I'd personally close them down. Anyone approving you in the future would be likely to grant you higher limits if you do imo

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This is not always true. I have US Bank, Chase, and American Express at 1000 and First National Bank of Omaha granted a 10000 limit. Citi gave 5000 and 6500.

Wow, that's a huge difference. I always thought the rule of thumb was smaller limits gets smaller limits? i guess its one of those ymmv things?

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shorrttyycm1 wrote:
Wow, that's a huge difference. I always thought the rule of thumb was smaller limits gets smaller limits? i guess its one of those ymmv things?

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Well, like you, I have multiple other cards with higher limits. No one, but the lenders, really know what they do to determine a credit limit. If you have a nice long history, with perfect payment history, and no inquiries, you are more likely to get a higher limit. Do not forget that income is also a facotr they take into consideration. I would close them only because of the annual fee. Maybe you can ring and try to get the annual fee waived? I believe someone said they were able to do that with Orchard Bank.

Great i will give it a try...thnx for advice much appreciated!!

Here's the thing: NavFed is really generous with its limits so they aren't really useful in judging creditworthiness. Please don't take that the wrong way but I've read tons of posts here where they gave people $5-6K limits where normal lenders would only trust them with secured.

 

Personally, I'd close any AF cards and garden for a year or more. From what we've read here, some lenders dislike re-builder credit card companies like Merrick. The good payment history will remain on record 10 years. Since they were only opened a few months apart the AOAA probably won't be affected too much.

Not offended...NFCU is generous and I have definitely benefited in that aspect..& cs is OUTSTANDING. but back to the post...
that's pretty much what i thought, like having merrick could actually hurt me on apps? I wish i knew for sure but as someone else posted u just dnt know.

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shorrttyycm1 wrote:
Not offended...NFCU is generous and I have definitely benefited in that aspect..& cs is OUTSTANDING. but back to the post...
that's pretty much what i thought, like having merrick could actually hurt me on apps? I wish i knew for sure but as someone else posted u just dnt know.

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Two things:

 

1.  AF cards *only* make sense if you value the rewards or need it for a purpose, such as rebuilding.

 

2.  Some issuers--namely Amex--may decline an application if they see certain subprime creditors, such as First Premier.

 

All things being equal, there is *no* reason I can think to pay a fee for a small limit card once the rebuilding process is underway.  The sooner you purge them, the better off you will be in the future.

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shorrttyycm1 wrote:
Not offended...NFCU is generous and I have definitely benefited in that aspect..& cs is OUTSTANDING. but back to the post...
that's pretty much what i thought, like having merrick could actually hurt me on apps? I wish i knew for sure but as someone else posted u just dnt know.

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I'm glad you understood the intent!

 

I've seen a few threads where people were really confused about why company X wouldn't match their NFCU limits.